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Recent Examples of disingenuous
But not making Wilson beat out Winston and Dart in camp would be disingenuous.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
And in this world, transformation feels disingenuous.
—Stephen Rosa, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
For Kent, the torment has lasted so long that well-wishers have begun to sound disingenuous.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 25 June 2025
Coming from a firm that has profited handsomely for years from practices that have undermined transparency and pushed retail trading off public exchanges, this sudden call for clarity and caution reads as disingenuous.
—Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
And in this world, transformation feels disingenuous.
—Stephen Rosa, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
For Kent, the torment has lasted so long that well-wishers have begun to sound disingenuous.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 25 June 2025
Coming from a firm that has profited handsomely for years from practices that have undermined transparency and pushed retail trading off public exchanges, this sudden call for clarity and caution reads as disingenuous.
—Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for disingenuous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
Adjective
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At the heart of Trump’s complaints is a familiar refrain: The media is not only biased, but dishonest, corrupt and dangerous.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
4 Aug. 2025
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So, in that moment, the things that are coming out of my mouth are not dishonest.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Wood did not know the details of the deceitful story that scammers told the man.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
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Supporters say the measures are intended to address potential threats to public safety or personal privacy and to counter any deceitful actions facilitated by AI, while not hindering innovation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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The deficient vice of integrity is being fake, untruthful, inconsistent, unprincipled, and manipulative.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The document discovery in those cases revealed that France had been untruthful during the NFLPA arbitration process.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Aside from Murphy and Davidson, Palmer does exactly what is expected from her, and Longoria also survives with dignity intact after being handed a contrived role that no actor could make credible; give her an ‘A ‘ for effort.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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Some update accounts have started to post photoshopped emails that fabricate invitations to an anniversary collaboration with Spotify and Apple Music in a contrived effort to drive up streams on her latest album, Something Beautiful.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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First of all, Donna, the Democrats are absolutely hypocritical here.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 July 2025
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, who will be my next guest, has accused you of being hypocritical for pushing for the release of these files now and not when former President Biden was in office.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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That’s because Google’s algorithms are designed to spot and penalize unnatural link patterns.—
Nick Zviadadze,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Every great defense has that type of unnatural DNA, and across the entire team, Ulbrich expressed to CNN.—
Hailey Hurst,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Imagine the naïve mind of a 16-yer old being manipulated by the devious, nefarious, and exceptionally skillful political strategists who are backed by countless billions of bucks.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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This comedic musical tale about ambition, love, family and devious murder plots will have playgoers gasping with laughter and reveling in its lively, imaginative score, a news release stated.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Each company cited an assumed expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, established as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2020 and later extended through 2025, as part of its calculations.—
Nathan Ansell,
Arkansas Online,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the report, the $25,000 contribution is attributed to Centurion American Development Group, an assumed name of Centurion American Custom Homes Inc., according to records found on the Texas Secretary of State’s website.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 July 2025
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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